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Hello,
I have quite a few Acans in my tank. Most are fairly new but were looking good in my tank for 3 ish weeks after purchase. At that point I realized that my AI Prime lighting schedule was pretty poor in terms of providing the right spectrum and intensity which may be why I never saw good coral growth. I adjusted my lighting to match the BRS recommended settings for the Ai Prime 16HD for LPS. Since that point I have seen all my Acans shrink down and start receding. I am not sure if it is the lighting but that seems the most likely culprit. Should I keep the lighting consistent with the new settings and hope everything adapts or should I change back? I put the prim into acclimation mode at 70% but I am not sure that is working. My tank details are below:
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Let me know if more measurements are needed.
I have quite a few Acans in my tank. Most are fairly new but were looking good in my tank for 3 ish weeks after purchase. At that point I realized that my AI Prime lighting schedule was pretty poor in terms of providing the right spectrum and intensity which may be why I never saw good coral growth. I adjusted my lighting to match the BRS recommended settings for the Ai Prime 16HD for LPS. Since that point I have seen all my Acans shrink down and start receding. I am not sure if it is the lighting but that seems the most likely culprit. Should I keep the lighting consistent with the new settings and hope everything adapts or should I change back? I put the prim into acclimation mode at 70% but I am not sure that is working. My tank details are below:
- Tank: FijiCube 32EXT
- Light: AI Prime 16HD running J's Reef Profile turned down to 75%
- Skimmer: Reef Octopus essence 130
- Water Changes: Automatic nightly change handled by stenner pump doing 5 gallons every 20 days
- Return Pump: Octo varios S-2 at level 2
- Powerhead: Nero 5 Running at 30% random
- Fish: 1 clown, 1 chromis, 1 dwarf angel
- Coral: Softies and LPS
- Cleanup: Mix of snails and hermit crabs
- Sump: FijiCube 20
- First stage is filter floss changed every 2 days
- Second stage 20 marine pure balls
- Third Skimmer compartment
- Fourth refugium with chaeto using this light LED Light 10pm - 8am - Dosing chaeto grow twice weekly
- Fifth return section
- Auto Top Off: AutoAqua ATO
- Dosing: Tropic Marin All for Reef daily ~9ml
- ALK: ~8.7
- Feeding: 2 times weekly rods frozen, 1-2 times weekly flake / pellet food
- Feeding Coral: 2 times weekly Reef Roids
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Let me know if more measurements are needed.